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06 December 2015

Cathay long-haul fleet will be a combination of 777-300ER, 777-9X, A350-900 and A350-1000.

Cathay Pacific said all of
its incoming widebody jets will be directed at growth, and that the group will
expand to a fleet of over 230 passenger aircraft by 2025.

COO Rupert
Hogg detailed that Cathay will add 22 Airbus A350-900s to its fleet over the
next 2 years, followed by 26 A350-1000s from 2018 through to 2020.

From 2021, it
will also take the first of 21 Boeing 777-9Xs on order.

Source: Airbus

The mainline
carrier now has a fleet of 124 passenger aircraft, comprised largely of Airbus
A330s and Boeing 777-300ERs.

Under
Cathay’s strategy, the A350-900s will primarily be targeted at helping the
airline open new points in Europe, and to add a 2nd or 3rd frequency to
existing destinations such as Milan and Amsterdam, said Hogg.

The
A350-1000s will meanwhile allow the Hong Kong flag carrier to fly additional
frequencies “more cost effectively” to points in North America, and for
upgauging on services where traffic rights or airport capacity are constrained.

“We see a
combination of A350-900s, A350-1000s and existing 777s in Europe, North America
and increasingly in Australia,” he said.

In the longer
term, when the 777Xs arrive, the aircraft will mainly be put on routes to North
America and Europe, particularly those with high volumes of both passengers and
cargo.

The A350-900
should eventually replace Cathay’s small fleet of 777-200s and also older
A330-300s, while the A350-1000s will likely replace both the A340s and
777-300s.

Based on the article “Cathay details
expansion with incoming A350s, 777Xs” published in FlightGlobal.